2nd Edition
Adventure Therapy Theory, Research, and Practice
1. Introduction 2. A History of Adventure Therapy 3. A Psychotherapeutic Foundation for Adventure Therapy 4. Nature and Adventure Therapy 5. Foundations of Adventure Therapy 6. Assessment in Adventure Therapy 7. Practicing Adventure Therapy 8. Adventure Therapy Competencies 9. Supervision in Adventure Therapy 10. Research and Evaluation of Adventure Therapy 11. Risk Management of Adventure Therapy Programs 12. Adventure Therapy Ethics 13. The Future of Adventure Therapy Appendix A: Risk Management of Adventure Therapy Programs Appendix B: Adventure Therapy Competencies Appendix C: Adventure Therapy Ethics Appendix D: Research Rubric for Evidence-Based Research on Adventure Programs
Biography
Michael A. Gass, PhD, LMFT, is Director of the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Center in the College of Health and Human Services at the University of New Hampshire, USA, and a licensed marriage and family therapist.
H.L. "Lee" Gillis, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Psychological Science at Georgia College, USA, and a licensed psychologist.
Keith C. Russell, PhD, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Health and Human Development at Western Washington University, USA.
Praise for the First Edition
"This is the most relevant, important, and salient contribution to the practice of adventure therapy in two decades. This is a timely step toward professionalism and congruence with more accepted mental health practices."
-Tiffany Wynn, Prescott College, Arizona, and Director, Adventure Based Psychotherapy & Ecopsychology Concentrations, Arizona, USA
"Adventure Therapy masterfully weds a half-century of rich clinical practice with well-reasoned theory and promising research. The editors have skillfully woven a convincing, exciting, and visionary fabric of support for an intervention that has been shown to be life changing."
-Gary M. Burlingame, Past-President (2011) & Fellow, Division 49, APA, and Professor, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA
"This is a necessary resource in the newly developing and burgeoning field of adventure therapy. It clearly outlines how to ethically and competently use adventure based therapy and is a must-have in all practitioners' libraries."
-Janice DeLucia-Waack, SUNY-Buffalo, New York, USA
